Pyramica wani, Makhan, D., 2007

Makhan, D., 2007, Six new Pyramica species from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Calodema Supplementary Paper 24, pp. 1-7 : 6

Pyramica wani sp. nov. (Figs. 11 - 12)

Holotype: worker, Suriname, Nieuw Amsterdam, 30.3.1996, coll. D. Makhan (only the holotype).

Description (holotype worker): Length 1.8 mm. Colour yellow-brown. Total head length 0.7 mm, width 0.45 mm, with spatulate hairs. mandible length 0.25 mm, large, inner teeth absent and with thick hairs. Eyes large. Antennae yellow-brown, scape with spatulate hairs. Mesosoma length 0.5 mm, width 0.3 mm, with spatulate hairs. Petiole with 0.1 mm, postpetiole width 0.15 mm, with spatulate hairs. Spongiform appendages absent. Gaster length 0.5 mm, width 0.4 mm, with spatulate hairs.

Etymology: This species is named after my son Rishwan Makhan.